Meteor Collection (page 3)

Quadruple bolide meteorites
Quadruple bolide recorded by the astronomer Tacchini at the Rome observatory Date: 27 July 1874

Gloster Meteor F1- entered service in early 1945 and based at Manston in time to be used against incoming V-1 Flying Bombs

Gloster F9-40 Rampage -Britains first jet fighter, subsequently renamed Meteor

Yachts Meteor and White Heather at Cowes, IOW
Yachts Meteor (belonging to Kaiser Wilhelm II) and White Heather (belonging to Mr Myles Kennedy) at sea during the Cowes Regatta, Isle of Wight. They were taking part in the 23-metre class. Date: 1914

Gloster Meteor NF11, WM232, at the 1953 Royal Aeronautic?
Gloster Meteor NF11, WM232, at the 1953 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Hatfield on 14 June

The sole Saro / Segrave A22 Meteor, G-aXP, painted maroon
The sole Saro/Segrave A22 Meteor, G-aXP, painted maroon for the 1930 Kings Cup Race

Lockheed P-80B-1-LO Shooting Star 45-8626 overflown
Lockheed P-80B-1-LO Shooting Star, 45-8626, overflown by two Gloster Meteor F4s

Eric Greenwood and Grp Capt H J Wilson
Eric Greenwood and Grp Capt H.J. Wilson of the reformed RAF High Speed Flight in front of Gloster Meteor IV, EE454, Britannia

These photographs from the Woomera range in Australia show how an Armstrong Whitworth Seaslug ship-to-air missile destroys its target

A Fokker S14 Mach Trainer jettisons its cockpit canopy flanked by a Gloster Meteor T7. The S14 flew for the first time on 20 May 1951. Date: 1951

Gloster Meteor F8 WK935
Gloster Meteor F8, WK935, was used by the RAE Farnborough for prone-pilot trials

Gloster Meteor F8 WA982
Gloster Meteor F8, WA982, had two Rolls-Royce Soar turbojets mounted on the wingtips

Gloster Meteor F4 RA491
Gloster Meteor F4, RA491, was initially flown powered by two Rolls-Royce Avon axial-flow turbojets. It is seen here at the 1950 SBAC show. Date: 1950

Gloster Meteor F4 RA435
Gloster Meteor F4, RA435, was used by Rolls-Royce as a testbed for two reheated Derwent V turbojets

Gloster Meteor F4 RA449
Gloster Meteor F4, RA449, is towed past an Avro Lincoln engine testbed

85 Squadron Gloster Meteor NF11s during final rehearsals for the 1953 RAF Review. Date: 1953

Gloster Meteor NF11 WD597
Gloster Meteor NF11, WD597, was used by Rolls-Royce for flight trials of the Derwent 8

The first true prototype of the Gloster Meteor NF11 WA546
The first true prototype of the Gloster Meteor NF11, WA546

Dutch Gloster Meteor F4s

The Gloster Meteor PR10 prototype VS968
The Gloster Meteor PR10 prototype, VS968

The Gloster Meteor F8 prototype VT150
The Gloster Meteor F8 prototype, VT150, was a modified F4 airframe with a new tail and cockpit canopy

Gloster Meteor F8 VZ460
Gloster Meteor F8, VZ460

Gloster Meteor F8 WA823
Gloster Meteor F8, WA823

A Gloster Meteor about to refuel in flight

Gloster Meteor F8 WA829 is refuelled in flight
Gloster Meteor F8, WA829, is refuelled in flight

A line-up of Gloster Meteor F8s

Gloster Meteor F8 VZ440
Gloster Meteor F8, VZ440

A Gloster Meteor T7 is prepared for another flight

A Gloster Meteor T7 is refuelled

Royal Navy Gloster Meteor T7 WL332
Royal Navy Gloster Meteor T7, WL332, of 728 Squadron, Hal Far, Malta

Gloster Meteor T7 VW417
Gloster Meteor T7, VW417

Gloster Meteor T7s of the Central Flying School perform aerobatics over RAF Little Rissington in 1953. Date: 1953

Gloster Meteor T7 VW472
Gloster Meteor T7, VW472

Gloster Meteor T7 demonstrator, G-AKPK
The carmine painted private venture Gloster Meteor T7 demonstrator, G-AKPK, was built with major sub-assemblies from the F4 demonstrator, G-AIDC. This aircraft went on to serve with the RNethAF

Gloster Meteor F1 EE221 / G minus its upper fin
Gloster Meteor F1, EE221/G, minus its upper fin

Grp Capt Bird Wilson beats up the aerodrome at Changi in a Gloster Meteor F4, EE596. 1947. Date: 1947

Gloster Meteor F4 EE521 during a demonstration tour
Gloster Meteor F4, EE521, during a demonstration tour

Gloster Meteor F4 EE519 armed with 1000lb bombs
Gloster Meteor F4, EE519, armed with 1, 000lb bombs

Gloster Meteor F3

Gloster Meteor F3 head-on

Gloster Meteor F3 EE278
Gloster Meteor F3, EE278

Gloster Meteor F1 EE223
Gloster Meteor F1, EE223

Gloster Meteor F1 EE221 / G
Gloster Meteor F1, EE221/G

Lanchester flying testbed used to develop engines for the Gloster Meteor, from 1943 Date: 1943

On the Origin of the Pallas Iron and Others Similar to it
The title page of Ernst Chladnis book On the Origin of the Pallas Iron and Others Similar to it, and on Some Associated Natural Phenomena, which was published in 1794

Meteor Fall Hungary 1866
A meteor fall at Knyahinya, Hungary Date: 9 June 1866

Meteor October 1868
The great meteor seen over Britain Date: 7 October 1868

The yacht Meteor of New York: leaving Sandy Hook Augst. 16th. 1869 bound to Europe. Date c1869. The yacht Meteor of New York: leaving Sandy Hook Augst. 16th. 1869 bound to Europe. Date c1869

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